Members of Daisy Troop 6549 are passing up field trips to help victims of Allentown's recent gas explosion and fire instead. They're going to donate all of their earnings from a fundraising pancake breakfast this Saturday morning at the Trexlertown Applebee's to the victims.

Originally, they'd planned to use the money to pay for some fun activities. But now, the 22 six and seven year olds from the Parkland School District troop are hoping to pack the restaurant with customers who also want to help the people who suffered huge losses in the Feb. 9 event which took lives and leveled homes in the area around 13th and Allen streets in the city.

Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski is expected to be among the guests paying $5 for the breakfast which will include pancakes, sausage and a choice of beverage. The cost for children under 10 will be $3.50.

Kim Beers, assistant general manager of the restaurant, reports the troop will receive all of the profits from the breakfast, which means they'll get $3.50 for each $5 meal that's purchased.

Prospective guests don't have to do anything but show up and eat. Beers says, "We can handle about 500 people in that amount of time."

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Nice work, girls!

Posted By: Susan | Mar 17, 2011 1:42:21 PM

Wonderful story and I hope the pancake breakfast is a big success!

Posted By: Pachacutec | Mar 18, 2011 1:11:10 PM

NOW A LOCAL BUSINESS OR BUSINESS MAN NEEDS TO STEP UP HERE AFTER THE FACT....AND GIVE THESE GIRLS THE MONEY THEY NEED FOR THEIR TRIPS......LOTS OF BIG RICH LAW FIRMS DOWN THERE.LETS SEE WHICH ONE STEPS UP.

Posted By: EDDIE LYNCH | Mar 18, 2011 3:21:21 PM

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